Texan Whig Party

The Texan Whig Party was a political faction of the Republic of Texas.

History
The Whig Party was a conservative political party of the Republic of Texas, founded in 1836 and disestablished in 1845. It had 37% of the seats of the upper house of Texas upon its foundation, and was the second-largest party, behind the Texan Democratic Party.

The Whigs had a trade policy of protectionism, but also had an economic policy of laissez-faire, believing that the country should intervene in its trade, but not its economy. Its religious policy was pluralism, accepting all faiths in the country. It gave residency to immigrants, like the other two parties. Its only major difference from the reactionary Texan Nationalist Party (aside from Laissez Faire vs. State Capitalism) was that it was anti-military. The party garnered support from those who wanted to surrender to Mexico during the Texan Revolution after the Battle of the Alamo and the Goliad Massacre, as all of the pro-war people with other similar ideologies belonged to the nationalists. The party never became the ruling party, and in 1845 it was disestablished after the annexation of Texas into the United States as its 28th state.